The Space that Connects Us

Poetry. African American Studies. In THE SPACE THAT CONNECTS US Mansa Trotman treats her readers to an exquisite slice of heart renderings carefully crafted to create immediate empathy and spark a glow of feelings. The emotions run deep, the humor surfaces loud and clear, and soon one is over the hump of the rough road on which she drags your senses. At first, it may only be one hand clapping, but eventually, the joy at the capacity to speak life in the raw is contagious.my heart is breakingwhen he sounds rushed, annoyed, disinteresteda rip tears down the centremy heart is breakingit is tired, overused, abused by othersunsoothed, neglected and malnourished by memy heart is breakingand I have no tools to fix it